Todd teaches creative writing, environmental studies, and American literature at Penn State Altoona and in the MFA program at Penn State University Park. He has published three books of poems: The Least of These and Some Heaven (both from Michigan State University Press) and Ripe (from Bottom Dog Press). His work has appeared in numerous journals and he has received the Gwendolyn Brooks Poetry Prize.

Janet lives in Staunton and has published 18 books of nonfiction about the natural world and literary translation. Her most recent book is Because the Cat Purrs, which deals with human relationships with other species.

The event (sponsored by the Staunton Waynesboro Augusta Group of Writers, a subgroup of the Blue Ridge Chapter of the Virginia Writers’ Club) is free and open to the public. We hope lots of people will come out to enjoy the work of these two wonderful writers.

About

Clifford Garstang is a fiction writer and former international lawyer. His first novel, THE SHAMAN OF TURTLE VALLEY, will be published in March 2019. His novel in stories, WHAT THE ZHANG BOYS KNOW, won the Library of Virginia Literary Award for Fiction. He is also the author of a story collection, IN AN UNCHARTED COUNTRY, and the editor of three anthologies, EVERYWHERE STORIES: SHORT FICTION FROM A SMALL PLANET, Volumes I, II, and III.

Cliff's Upcoming Events

Virginia Festival of the BookWednesday, 20 March 2019 Cliff will be moderating two fiction panels at the 2019 Virginia Festival of the Book. Times, Dates, and Locations TBA.@ Charlottesville, VA

High Road FestivalSaturday, 23 March 2019 Cliff will be speaking at Press 53's High Road Festival of Poetry and Short Fiction in Winston-Salem, NC.@ Marriott Hotel, Winston-Salem NC

AWP Conference Wednesday, 27 March 2019 Cliff will be signing books at various times TBA during the Book Fair at the AWP Conference in Portland OR.